The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-09
TIMELY TOPICS FOR FARMERS.
HOW TO DO PAYING WORK Ar THIS
SEASON.

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SEASON.
S"SScS'iohs oi Interest, from an hmihori-
| tativc Source.
l"' H. Jones in Southern Cultlvator)
SOWING WHEAT.
The old Georgia rulo was TO SOW in the
dark nights i'll October We are of the
opinion that the man who understood
the rule literally, and sowed, plowed and
narrowed in his crop after dark, was rs
philosophical rs those who insist tint
wheat should be sown during the last
quarter of the moon in October. Tie
dark nlghto"-sp- -caled--as often occur
during the first week as during the last
week. The best rule probably is to SOW
aoont the usual time of the first killing
frost, which generally occurs, in Middle
Georgia, about the last of October or
hrst OF November. such Il rule applies
equally well throughout the region in
which winter-sowing prevails, and adj
Justs itself to the other operations and
conditions on farm, ucnc of which are
dependent upon the phases of the moou.
AS already suggested in last months
thoughts, not eycry farmer should
attempt to produce his own supply Of
wheat. Proper diversiiication of crops
does not imply that farmer should ab.
solutely produce everything. But there
are many farms in the hill country of
the Eastern, Gulf and South Atlantic
States, on which wheat may be grown
with almost as much certainty rs in the
great wheat States Of the Northwest.
Experience has shown that the best re-
suits are obtained when seed OF South.
crn growth are sown, of varieties that
are OF local, good reputation Seed
wheat from the North and West fail as
rule, when sown Ill the cotton Staten
SOW on high, weu-draiucd cotton land. |
having clay subsoil close by, mannring
With cotton seed, or meal mixed with !
acld phosphate, III the proportion OF F!
twenty bushels OF cotton seed or two
hundred pounds Of meal to one hundred
pounds of acid phosphate, which will do
for one acre. Ii the green seed are used
they should bc plowed in before sowing
the wilaat. If the meal be used with
,c:d phosphate inc mlAture may ijusuwI
wlth the wheat on the freshly Dlowed
land and narrowed in altogether
OATS.
1t %ti'i in good lime to SOW oats IN
the thcrI parts of ouy territory. liz
deed, t. Is & usual time in SOutItrn
Georgia Hnd cond5uou, sections Of other
States. il the work was not done last
month, oven IN regions farther north, 1t 1
Is adVisabie to SOW oats. even nov, rather
'than rely entirely on II spring crop.
Notwithstanding repeated wmtnl killing
OF late years, we have still more con
lidcnce-in the long-run in fall sown
oats than in spring sown.
POTATOES.
Dcfailcd suggestions for digging and
preserving tins crop were given Inst
month. II not already harvested, 40
time should bc lost III doing this Job /,
Ihe nils of banks should be moro and
more deeply covered with earth rs the
winter comes ON,
The exceedingly favorably weather
that prevailed during the early fan has !
made 1t an easy matter to gather tho T.
crop I'D good condition. If our su0gcs-
tlons looking to the most cxpeditlous |
pla OF saving the crop have been needed /
the last picking involves the cleaning Of |
the cotton remaining after the first hasty
grab. 1t will now be realized how little /,
will have been lost ii the hulls remain us
they were FIRST left and how much has
been saved by following the suggestions
in securing the bulk Of the crop IN good
condition.
CARE OF LIVE STOCK.
Owing to our comparatively mild win
ter climate the Southern farmer is apt
to neglect wholesome precautions against
severe weather. In fact, it is shameful
how little thought or care is gvou on
many farms to the comfort of the dumb
and helpless animals who toll for us the
year round, and are coutsnt with their
wages, rations and shelter. Aside from
moral and humane considerations 1t is u
question OF dollars and cents that no
farmer can afford to ignore. There are
many farmers who are generous to
fault i'll feeding; they fill up the feed +.
troughs and bay-rncks with corn and
oats and fodder three times day. Bnt
the shelter provided is often of the most
primitive and inadequate kind, and, !
shame to say. sometimes no better than
the lee-side of n corn-crib or u fence
corner 1t should be remembered that
the food ingested by horse, COW or
other animal serves two distinct pur-
poses in the animal economy; /. 70
Keep up the heat Of the body TO the
point below which the vital processes
cannot be carried on and life continue.
This temperature (98l deelees) must be
maintained constantiyin the very cold.
est as well as in mid weather. The
natural means of maintaining this ami
NAL heat is by burning portion of the
food as 1t passes through the lungs in
the form Of blood. The colder the
weather, other things being the same
the greater will be the proportion of the
food that is taken into tho stomach that
must be used as. fuel, aud of course the
proportion that can be utilized for repair
ing waste tissues aud stored up ny fat
must be lessened. But if resort is had
to mechanical means to keep ont the cold
to keep in the heat. very great saw
ing OF food is accomplished, while at the
same time the hninials are stronger3for
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